This morning, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference to announce the business operation of China in January 2012.

Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said that in January 2012, China's domestic investors made direct investments in 355 overseas enterprises in 87 countries and regions in the world, and realized 4 billion 376 million yuan of non financial foreign direct investment (the same below), an increase of 59.9% over the same period last year.

Shen Danyang said that in January 2012, investors in China made direct investments in 355 overseas enterprises in 87 countries and regions in the world, and realized non financial outward direct investment (the same below) $4 billion 376 million, an increase of 59.9% over the same period last year.

Among them, foreign contracted projects completed business turnover of 5 billion 870 million US dollars, an increase of 38.4% over the previous year, and the new contract amount was 9 billion 330 million US dollars, down 10.2% from the same period last year.

The total number of new contracts with a total amount of more than 50 million US dollars is 32, totaling 7 billion 70 million US dollars, accounting for 75.8% of the total amount of new contracts, of which 23 of US $100 million projects, an increase of 12 over the same period last year.

In addition, Shen Danyang said that in January this year, China sent 29 thousand kinds of labor services to foreign labor cooperation, an increase of 5 thousand over the same period last year, of which 14 thousand were sent under the contract project and 15 thousand were sent under the labor cooperation.

1 at the end of the month, there were 811 thousand migrant workers, 30 thousand less than the same period last year.